ATLANTA (AP) — A pre-winter storm that roared through the Deep South and coated half of North Carolina and portions of Virginia in snow pushed northward on Saturday, leaving motorists to brave potentially icy roads and utility crews trying to restore heat and light to thousands.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — One of the three North Carolina correctional officers watching roughly 250 prisoners on the day one was killed had not undergone a four-week basic training course that includes instruction on how to subdue an attacking inmate, a newspaper reported Thursday.